Discover the power of 'Yes And.'

18 Aug 2023 · 1 min

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In this talk, the speaker explores the improv principle "Yes, and" and its application to leadership and everyday relationships. He emphasizes that the goal of improv is not personal performance but setting others up to succeed, encouraging listeners to make their people—whether family, partners, coworkers, or clients—look great. By asking leaders how many employees truly want a "yes, and" culture, he highlights the gap between aspiration and reality. He stresses vulnerability as a key ingredient, sharing personal stories to model openness. Finally, he offers a concrete habit: setting a daily phone reminder to practice listening, being present, and actively making others look great.

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Make your blank look blank. And improv is not about you looking good. It's actually setting up other people to succeed. Yes. So, it's make your people look great is what I get to. And your people may be your family, your significant other. It may be the people at work that you work with, your customers, your clients. How do you make them look great? So, imagine, and I ask leaders this, how many of you want employees that say yes and to you? They listen, they're present, And they set up people to look great. And usually it's, oh, we want everyone to be like that. And okay. And I go, how many of your people do you think would like you to be like that? And I also say this, and I think going back, the key to it is being vulnerable. So I share some vulnerable stories and I'm a work in progress as well. But what I say is put that in your phone, put the yes in, listen, Be present. Make other people look great. Put it in your phone and put it as a daily reminder that just pops up once kind of